Meeting to mark the retirement of Professor David Porter: January 8-9, 2009

David Porter was a staff member in the Maths Department at the University of Reading for almost 40 years, and in that time he supervised 13 PhD students and authored over 30 research papers and co-authored a highly regarded text on integral equations. He retired in August 2008, and to mark his retirement we are hosting a two-day research meeting in his honour, on the afternoon of Thursday 8^th January and the morning of Friday 9^th January.

 

Provisional Schedule

All talks will take place in room 113, in the Mathematics Department at the University of Reading. Talks will be approximately 45 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions.

 

Thursday 8th January 2008

1315 - 1355	Coffee in Maths 112
1355 - 1400	Welcome in Maths 113
1400 - 1450	Dr. Richard Porter (Bristol) "Water wave scattering by topography"
1450 - 1540	Professor David Needham (Birmingham) "Unsteady flow of a weakly compressible fluid in a thin porous layer"
1540 - 1610	Coffee in Maths 112
1610 - 1700	Professor David Evans (Bristol) "Reflection from a submerged horizontal porous plate"

The evening meal will be held on 8^th January for those attending. Places are limited, so please contact Nick Biggs (n.r.t.biggs@rdg.ac.uk) if you would like to attend but haven't yet reserved a place. The meal will be held in the Large Private Dining Room (upstairs in Park House) at 2000 and is preceeded by a drinks reception at 1930 in the ante-room opposite.

 

Friday 9th January 2008 

0900 - 0930	Coffee in Maths 112
0930 - 1020	Professor Tony Rawlins (Brunel University) "Scattering by an absorbing rectangular cylinder"
1020 - 1110	Dr. Ian Thompson (Loughborough) "Surface waves on a sheet of spheres (with results)"
1110 - 1200	Professor Chris Linton (Loughborough) "Accurate solution to scattering by a semi-circular groove"
1200	Close, followed by a buffet lunch in Maths 212